The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader by Sandra Harding (Englis

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader by Sandra Harding Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For twenty years, the renowned philosopher of science Sandra Harding has argued that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. In The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader, Harding puts those fields in critical conversation, assembling the anthology that she has long wanted for classroom use. In classic and recent essays, international scholars from a range of disciplines think through a broad array of science and technology philosophies and practices. The contributors reevaluate conventional accounts of the Wests scientific and technological projects in the past and present, rethink the strengths and limitations of non-Western societies knowledge traditions, and assess the legacies of colonialism and imperialism. The collection concludes with forward-looking essays, which explore strategies for cultivating new visions of a multicultural, democratic world of sciences and for turning those visions into realities. Feminist science and technology concerns run throughout the reader and are the focus of several essays. Harding provides helpful background for each essay in her introductions to the readers four sections. ContributorsHelen AppletonKaren BackstrandLucille H. BrockwayStephen B. BrushJudith CarneyCommittee on Women, Population, and the EnvironmentArturo EscobarMaria E. Fernandez Ward H. GoodenoughSusantha GoonatilakeSandra HardingSteven J. HarrisBetsy HartmannCori HaydenCatherine L. M. HillJohn M. HobsonPeter MuhlhauslerCatherine A. Odora HoppersConsuelo QuirozJenny ReardonElla ReitsmaZiauddin SardarDaniel SarewitzLonda SchiebingerCatherine V. ScottColin ScottMary TerrallD. Michael Warren Notes Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another Author Biography Sandra Harding is Professor of Education and Womens Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her many books include Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities, also published by Duke University Press; The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader: Intellectual and Political Controversies; Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialisms, Feminisms, and Epistemologies; and The Science Question in Feminism. Table of Contents Preface ixAcknowledgments xvIntroduction. Beyond Postcolonial Theory: Two Undertheorized Perspectives on Science and Technology 1I. Counterhistories 331. Discovering the Oriental West / John M. Hobson 392. Long-Distance Corporations, Big Sciences, and the Geography of Knowledge / Steven J. Harris 613. Heroic Narratives of Quest and Discovery / Mary Terrall 844. Maria Sibylla Merian: A Woman of Art and Science / Ella Reitsma 1035. Prospecting for Drugs: European Naturalists in the West Indies / Londa Schiebinger 1106. Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanical Gardens / Lucille H. Brockway 1277. Out of Africa: Colonial Rice History in the Black Atlantic / Judith Carney 140II. Other Cultures Sciences 1518. Navigation in the Western Carolines: A Traditional Science / Ward H. Goodenough 1599. Science for the West, Myth for the Rest? / Colin Scott 17510. Ecolinguistics, Linguistic Diversity, Ecological Diversity / Peter MÜhlhäusler 19811. Gender and Indigenous Knowledge / Helen Appleton, Maria E. Fernandez, Catherine L. M. Hill, and Consuelo Quiroz 21112. Whose Knowledge, Whose Genes, Whose Rights? / Stephen B. Brush 22513. The Role of the Global Network of Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centers in the Conservation of Cultural and Biological Diversity / D. Michael Warren 247III. Residues and Reinventions 14. Development and the Anthropology of Modernity / Arturo Escobar 26915. Tradition and Gender in Modernization Theory / Catherine V. Scott 29016. Security and Survival: Why Do Poor People Have Many Children? / Betsy Hartmann 31017. Call for a New Approach / Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment 31818. The Human Genome Diversity Project: What Went Wrong? / Jenny Reardon 32119. Bioprospectings Representational Dilemma / Cori Hayden 343IV. Moving Forward: Possible Pathways 36520. Islamic Science: The Contemporary Debate / Ziauddin Sardar 38321. Mining Civilizational Knowledge / Susantha Goonatilake 38022. Toward the Integration of Knowledge Systems: Challenges to Thought and Practice / Catherine A. Odora Hoppers 38823. Human Well-Being and Federal Science: Whats the Connection? / Daniel Sarewitz 40324. Science in a Era of Globalization: Alternative Pathways / David J. Hess 41925. Civic Science for Sustainability: Reframing the Role of Experts, Policymakers, and Citizens in Environmental Governance / Karen Bäckstrand 439Copyright Acknowledgments 459Index 463 Review "Sandra Hardings The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader succeeds in mapping a new field of inquiry for those of us working in science and technology studies. This brilliant collection of articles successfully bridges post-colonialist and feminist approaches to science and technology studies, and provides the foundation for essential transformations of curriculum and research in this area. The essays in this collection provoke examination about how different knowledge systems function and call into question who benefits and is disadvantaged by those systems. For those committed to the tenet that just societies require just practices of science, this collection is indispensable. No science/technology studies or STS curriculum is complete without it." Nancy Tuana, Penn State University "This magisterial, compelling, and important collection pushes the boundaries of postcolonial studies in urgent ways. It charts the richness and depth of knowledge systems across the non-western world, delineating their differences from, contributions to, and marginalization by, what is thought of as western science. This book makes it impossible to ignore the interconnections between long histories of imperialism, the dynamics of the Cold War and the asymmetries of globalization, or to isolate science from social relations. It also maps the ground on which we can imagine a different future." Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania "The anthology lives up to its aspirations of providing an accessible compass to issues and questions that have been approached with a "postcolonial sensibility"... By highlighting cross-connections between contributions of different sections, Harding succeeds in bringing the texts of diverse disciplinary backgrounds into conversation with each other and thus underscores the postcolonialist need for a trans-disciplinary cooperation." - Anna Mohr, Science and Education Promotional Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another Review Quote "This magisterial, compelling, and important collection pushes the boundaries of postcolonial studies in urgent ways. It charts the richness and depth of knowledge systems across the non-western world, delineating their differences from, contributions to, and marginalization by, what is thought of as western science. This book makes it impossible to ignore the interconnections between long histories of imperialism, the dynamics of the Cold War and the asymmetries of globalization, or to isolate science from social relations. It also maps the ground on which we can imagine a different future."- Ania Loomba , University of Pennsylvania Promotional "Headline" Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another Details ISBN0822349574 Author Sandra Harding Short Title POSTCOLONIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOL Language English ISBN-10 0822349574 ISBN-13 9780822349570 Media Book Format Paperback Publisher Duke University Press Year 2011 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Edited by Sandra Harding Publication Date 2011-09-12 UK Release Date 2011-09-12 AU Release Date 2011-09-12 NZ Release Date 2011-09-12 US Release Date 2011-09-12 Pages 504 DEWEY 501 Illustrations 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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